Everyone just relax please
Hi Drew.
Here in our little corner of Canada, my household is getting ready to host American Thanksgiving. We invite American friends who currently live in Canada, or anyone who lived in the United States long enough for it to “get in their blood”.
My co-workers think I’m a little strange, but so be it. Carrying this tradition on brings happiness into the lives of our guests, and it’s a wonderful excuse to eat lots of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Nothing at all wrong with that!
So from my household to yours, a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Why thank you, A. Tiger.
I’m adding an apple to my kitchen sink recipe.
I’ve got a hankering for curried sweet potatoes. Let’s see what turns up on the table tomorrow.
And for all the folks out there having a ham, try soaking it overnight in a bucket of water or a clean cooler full of water. Gets a lot of the salt out. I’ve been known to toss some peeled raw potatoes in that water to soak up the salt. Cook them later and they have a little bit of a ham flavor. Pretty tasty.
Obliviots and other rude people count on not being called on their rudeness. I use to get angry and express my feelings twoward them. I eventually realized it was like trying to teach a pig to sing- frustrating and does not affect the pig.
Now I just laugh and talk with my fellow customers about it - I’m encouraged that I’m enabling the general public to join me in open derision in conversational tones. I sometimes get to explain to the rude customer that I’m merely observing life and am amused with him or her counting on the politeness of others while exhibiting none. And, no, I don’t understand that a woman with three kids can take 40 items through an express lane.
The cashiers can also be oblivious - most are surprised when I object to the licking of fingers to open a plastic bag - resulting in the wiping of spit on the bag intended for my food.
Posted by RamblingPathfinder
11/26/2008 at 06:15 PM
And for all the folks out there having a ham, try soaking it overnight in a bucket of water or a clean cooler full of water. Gets a lot of the salt out.
Why would you ruin a good ham like that? No! That’s just wrong! (But then, it’s been many years since I’ve bought a ‘commercial’ ham. My hams have been bought through the local farmer’s market lady for almost 20 years now. My hams were probably still squealing last week.)
As for your Kitchen Sink Stuffing: I’m an amateur chef. I collect recipes. I’ve added this one. Though, to my mind you forgot the best part: oysters.
Shopping is something I just do not do at this time of year anymore. Precisely because of the scenario that you described. (Probably a good thing you weren’t ‘carrying’ at the time.) We plan ahead and stock up at Sam’s Club for the holidays. Except for a turkey. The ‘boss’ (aka; wife) tries to find the best sale offers… and then buys at least two, you know, ‘for later’.
Okay, ordering a slaughtered pig from the farmer’s market lady is part of that ... said pig which I will pick up next weekend. Lots of hams, pork chops, ribs, ground pork (I no longer order sausage, I season the ground pork myself), bacon, ham steaks, smoked ham hocks for the soups I like to cook over the winter…
Ahhh…
Life is good…
Unless you were the pig.
Chris, some of the hams we get these days are like a salt lick.
Now, go and amend my recipe. If you use the sagey tasting Jones sausages and the sagey tasting Herb flavored stuffing, then DON’T add any of the poultry seasoning. I like the results, but some might find it too herby. And that’s sage advice! (nyuk nyuk nyuk)
I havent got any recipe ideas but I did want to say, albeit late: HAPPY BIRD DAY you wonderful bastards! This place is like a freindly bar and I appreciate the atmosphere here.All the best to all your kin and friends. Keep your appetites wetted as we got 4 wonderful years of fisking to do in the New Camalot. Popcorns on me.
URP. It’s 8 AM the morning after, and I swear I’m STILL stuffed. 10 guests, my wife and I, and our two daughters. One of our guests this year (a nice lady who is sweet on the son of one of my cousins) is from Gilmer, Texas and is up visiting. It was good to be part of making sure she got to enjoy Thanksgiving even though she was away from home.
American Thanksgiving in Canada (VII) went very well, very well indeed!
I think I hear the couch calling me back to sleep… *laughs*
11/26/2008 at 03:29 PM
